Tim Roby, spokesman for the Wisconsin Beer Distributors Association, said the move would prevent Anheuser-Busch, makers of Budweiser products, from buying up distributors across Wisconsin to drastically increase its presence in a market dominated now by MillerCoors.

“We believe everything that small craft brewers can do today, they’ll be able to do once the bill is signed and passed into law,” he said.Local brewers, including Don Zamzow of Bull Falls Brewery, insist that a number of the proposed changes could stifle a now-booming craft beer industry.